A South Carolina woman drives van into Atlantic Ocean with her three children inside. (Photo: YouTube)

(AURN) -- It was a dramatic rescue on Daytona beach Wednesday whena a pregnant South Carolina woman drove a minivan carrying her three children into the Atlantic Ocean. Bystanders pulled 31-year-old Ebony Wilkerson and children - ages 3, 9 and 10 - from the vehicle. The children seen waving their arms and screaming, "Help our mom is trying to kill us." The children were turned over to welfare authorities. Wilkerson is undergoing a mental evaluation.